Marvin Warlick Carr

Warlick Carr passed away July 9, 2008 at his residence in Lubbock with loving family present. Private interment with family and friends will be at ResthavenCemetery on Friday, July 11, 2008, followed by a Celebration of Life memorial service in FirstUnitedMethodistChurch at 1 p.m.

He was born in Fairlie, HuntCounty, on Jan. 4, 1921, the second of four children of Vincent and Ruth Warlick Carr. The family moved to Lubbock in 1932, and Warlick graduated from LubbockHigh School in 1936 and from TexasTechUniversity with a Bachelor pf Arts degree in 1940. In both of such institutions, he and his brother, Waggoner, represented their school with considerable success as a debate team in numerous tournaments in and out of the state of Texas. Upon graduation, Warlick entered ColumbiaLawSchool, and after one year there, transferred to the University of Texas Law School, which Waggoner was attending and from which Warlick graduated in April 1947 with a degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence with Honors. His law school education was interrupted by three and one-half years of service in the United States Air Force, entering as a Private and being discharged as a Captain in the Intelligence Corps.

While in the University of Texas Law School, he was elected to The Chancellors and to the Order of the Coif and served as Student Editor of the Texas Law Review. Upon graduation, he and Waggoner started their own firm in Lubbock under the name of Carr & Carr. When Waggoner became CountyAttorney of LubbockCounty, Warlick joined the existing firm of Bradley & Keys, Attorneys, in Lubbock.

In 1960 he became an organizing member of the firm of Key, Carr, Carr & Clark, a firm that stayed in existence, although under various names, until 2000. In that year he joined the firm of Mullin, Hoard & Brown, LLP, where he remained until his death.

Warlick Carr was widely known and recognized. Among the honors he cherished was being recognized as a Distinguished Senior Lawyer by the Lubbock County Bar Association in 1991 and Outstanding 50-Year Lawyer by the Texas Bar Foundation in 1998. He also was Paul Harris Fellow in the Lubbock Rotary Club, of which he was once President.

He was a member of the State Board of Law Examiners from 1977-1997, the last six years of which he was Chairman. Only one other attorney has ever served on the Board for a longer period of time. He was admitted to practice in all state courts, in the United States District Court for Northern District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

In addition, he was a member of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Methodist Hospital Foundation, Lubbock Area Foundation, Lubbock Symphony Board and the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development.

He married Bee Ragan in April 1949 and they were proud parents of Leanne and Brad Carr. He is survived by his wife of Lubbock; Leanne and husband Bob Meyer of Lake Forest, Ill.; Brad and wife Patti of Horseshoe Bay; granddaughters, Mallory and Lindsey Meyer, and Natalie Carr Sartell and husband Ryan. Others are brother, Dr. Robert L. Carr and wife Betty; sister, Virginia Campbell Carr and husband Bill; sister-in-law, Mrs. Waggoner Carr; nephews, Dr. David Carr and wife Diane, Dr. Robert V. Carr and wife Christine, and Dr. Brian Carr and wife Valeri, Ken Campbell, Carr Campbell and wife Jennifer; and niece, Julie Carr Coffern and husband Al; and loving great-nephews and great-nieces.

The family will receive friends from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday at Rix Funeral Directors on Broadway. They would also like to express their gratitude to Hospice of Lubbock and caregivers Linda Jaramillo and Nora Mora.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 3411 73rd St, 79423, or to Everliving Trust Fund at FirstUnitedMethodistChurch, 1411 Broadway, Lubbock, 79401.